Opal var: Fire Opal Botryoidal - Height: 110 mm - Width: 100 mm- 296 g - (1)

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Description from the seller

Item: # 162
Mineral Name: Fire Opal
Provenance: San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico
Dimensions: 110x100x55 mm
Crystal Size: 22 mm ball
Description: Splendid rara fire opal on matrix. An old timer.
Specimen weight (grams): 296

Seller's Story

Rolando's Minerals is a part-time minerals dealership based near Turin in northern Italy. I am a collector of "affordable" aesthetic and systematic yet aesthetic specimens. My story is a common one; over the years, specimens get into the collection, and others do get out, and these last ones go into boxes and gather dust. Sometimes it happens that to buy those particular specimens, you have to buy a bunch of other specimens, as it happens that while you enjoy your holidays in exotic countries (well known to us collectors), you can't resist walking around and shopping for some specimens here and there. I never buy in quantity but rather try to select those few that say something to me. The bottom line is that in my auction you will see the types of specimens I like and hope you will share my liking for some of them.
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Item: # 162
Mineral Name: Fire Opal
Provenance: San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico
Dimensions: 110x100x55 mm
Crystal Size: 22 mm ball
Description: Splendid rara fire opal on matrix. An old timer.
Specimen weight (grams): 296

Seller's Story

Rolando's Minerals is a part-time minerals dealership based near Turin in northern Italy. I am a collector of "affordable" aesthetic and systematic yet aesthetic specimens. My story is a common one; over the years, specimens get into the collection, and others do get out, and these last ones go into boxes and gather dust. Sometimes it happens that to buy those particular specimens, you have to buy a bunch of other specimens, as it happens that while you enjoy your holidays in exotic countries (well known to us collectors), you can't resist walking around and shopping for some specimens here and there. I never buy in quantity but rather try to select those few that say something to me. The bottom line is that in my auction you will see the types of specimens I like and hope you will share my liking for some of them.
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Details

Number of items
1
Main Mineral
Opal var: Fire Opal
Mineral Form
Botryoidal
Supplement
# 00162
Weight
296 g
Origin (Region/ City)
San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Querétaro
Country of Origin
Mexico
Height
110 mm
Width
100 mm
Depth
55 mm
ItalyVerified
725
Objects sold
100%
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